﻿Plate 48 



Illustrations showing the first three segments of the antennae of both sexes of 

 species of Mecidia. For each species an illustration of the male is shown first, 

 followed by another of the female. To some extent it is intended that these 

 illustrations show the limitations, as well as the usefulness, of the antennal 

 characters, for purposes of identification: 

 Mecidca pallida Stkl: 



29, Male, from Gafsa, Tunisia. 



30, Female, from Minna, northern Nigeria. 

 M. indica Dallas: 



31, Male, from Hoshangabad, Central Provinces, India. 



32, Female, from Poona, Bombay, India; compared with type. 

 M. major, new species: 



33, Male, from Bexar County, Tex. 



34, Female, from Bexar County, Tex. 

 M. longula St§-1: 



35, Male, from Antigua, British West Indies. 



36, Female, from Antigua, British West Indies. 

 M. minor Ruckes: 



37, Male, from Zavalla County, Tex. 



38, Female, from Dallas, Tex. 

 M. lutzi, new species; 



39, Male, from Djamba, Belgian Congo. 



40, Female, from Djamba, Belgian Congo. 

 AI. pallidissima Jensen-Haarup: 



41, Male, from Jidda, Arabia. 



42, Female, from Buraim, Arabia. 



M. pampeana, new species (examples from two localities are intended to show 

 extremes of variation encountered in this species): 



43, Male, from Conhello, La Pampa, Argentina. 



44, Female, from Conhello, La Pampa, Argentina. 



45, Male, from Agua de Oro, C6rdoba, Argentina. 



46, Female, from Agua de Oro, C6rdoba, Argentina. 

 M. prolixa Stil: 



47, Male, from Cape Province, South Africa. 



48, 49, Female, from Cape Province, South Africa. 

 M. kristenseni Jensen-Haarup: 



50, Male, from plains northwest of Lake Zwai, Abyssinia. 



51, Female, from plains northwest of Lake Zwai, Abyssinia. 



Figures showing a ventral view of the hypopygium, of species of Mecidea: 



52, M. major, new species, from Bexar County, Tex. 



53, M. minor Ruckes, from Dallas County, Tex. 



54, M. longula St&l, from Antigua, British West Indies. 



55, M. pampeana, new species, from Tucumdn, Argentina. 



Figures showing an outside lateral view of the left clasper, of species of Mecidea. 



56, M. pampeana, new species, from Tucumdn, Argentina. 



57, M. minor Ruckes, from Dallas, Tex. 



58, M. longula St§,l, from Antigua, British West Indies. 



59, M. major, new species, from Bexar County, Tex. 



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